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This timeless teaching was originally published in June ’91. Faith at Your Service by Kenneth Copeland The devil has been lying to us and it's time to set the record straight. He's been telling us that we just don't have the faith to move the mountains in our lives. But I want you to know, that's just not so. In fact, the very idea that you and I, born-again children of Almighty God, don't have faith is absolutely absurd. I can already hear your mind working. “Oh, Brother Copeland, you just don't know me. I can't seem to believe God for anything. I used to try, but it never worked for me, so these days I just don't go in for that 'faith stuff' very much." If that's what you think, then hold on to your socks because what I'm about to show you from The WORD of God is going to knock them right off you. You see, The WORD says that you not only have faith, faith is your hallmark! Faith is what you're famous for. The reason I can say that with such confidence is that you belong to the household of Jesus Christ—and that's what He's famous for. Hebrews 3:6 says, “Christ [is] a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end." Ephesians 2:19 backs that up. It says, “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God." You are of the household of God. And, according to Galatians 6:10, that household is known as the household of faith: “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." You are “Faith House!" As a 20th-century believer, you probably don't understand what that means. But a couple of hundred years ago you would have. Back then, powerful families were known as “houses" and when you introduced someone as from the “House of So-and-So," people understood that all the power, all the wealth, all the integrity of that family was represented by that name. Faith Is Our Earmark! For instance, for centuries the House of Rothschild was famous for riches. Everyone knew that every financial dream they could ever dream was wrapped up in that house. When you said the House of Rothschild, it meant more than you could count. With that in mind, just think of what it means to be of the House of Faith! Think about that. It means we're known for our faith. It's our earmark. Faith is what we are. Faith is who we are. When anyone on your block gets sick, they ought to head for your place. They ought to say, “I'm going down there to the faith house and get healed!" The problem with most of us is that even though we've been born into the household of faith, even though we have within us the same powerful measure of faith that God wrought when He raised Jesus from the dead (Ephesians 1:19-20), we don't know much about using it. In fact, we're downright shy about it. ****** article continues on p. 20 ****** BVOV : 19

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